peddle
verb (used with object)
to carry (small articles, goods, wares, etc.) from place to place for sale at retail; hawk.
peddled
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past participleof peddle.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof peddle.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
peddleverb (used with object)to carry (small articles, goods, wares, etc.) from place to place for sale at retail; hawk.
Example Sentences
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Evergrande Group was once the face of Chinese real estate, surfing a decades-long property boom as it peddled home-ownership dreams.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Nor does it offer the prescriptive guidance found in the ever-swelling genre of self-help books peddled by former special operators.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026
In a joint statement with local government officials on Monday, Kaduna state police commissioner Alhaji Muhammad Rabiu described the information as "mere falsehood which is being peddled by conflict entrepreneurs who want to cause chaos".
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2026
Vance’s grandmother, played by Glenn Close, is her own kind of Frankenstein, an amalgamation of every stereotypical mamaw character Hollywood has ever peddled from the Ma Kettle to Granny May Moses.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2024
I peddled faster, trying to drive out the knowledge that I was disobeying my father.
From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine
